Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1985: The Seven Stars of Azure Dragon (Thirty-Two)

"Tian Guang's disappearance was a long-planned plot by Luowang." Ah Yan continued, "For so many years, he has been under close surveillance by Luowang."

"The fact that I can find his traces now is essentially a test from Zhao Gao."

"Of course we have to save the people, but I have to be fully prepared. Otherwise, not only will my efforts fail, but I will also drag the farmers into danger."

"So I kept giving Hall Master Chen Sheng some perfunctory advice."

"In the final analysis, it's still the same old saying - as a chivalrous leader, I can't take risks!"

What Ah Yan said was close to the meaning of "if you understand, you will understand", "the key to the problem is to find the key problem" and other nonsense.

The Zhu family wanted to hit someone after hearing this.

He can understand that you have difficulties, troubles and concerns, but why the hell do you say it!

Afraid of leaking the news, afraid of being discovered by the enemy, this is not the right way to keep it secret, right? ?

"...If the hero is in trouble, he should communicate with us." Zhu Jia suppressed his desire to curse and replied calmly, "It is better to work together than to bear it alone."

"You are worried that Brother Chen Sheng might reveal his flaws, but you can trust me, Old Zhu, right?"

Zhu Jia said the latter sentence not because he had a good relationship with Tian Yan, but because he was more reliable than Chen Sheng.
"I appreciate Master Zhu's kindness, but this matter involves Luowang's internal affairs, and others cannot interfere." Ah Yan evaded the question again very easily.

The Zhu family couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

After going around in circles for so long, this 'Tian Yan' just refused to give in. The key point was that the excuses he found were more plausible than the last, and it was difficult for him to turn against him.

Having come to this point, there was almost no point in talking further, and the Zhu family could only give up for the time being and wait until the next day.

"Since Xia Kui insists, I won't force it." Zhu Jia cut to the 'sad' side, sighed and stroked his beard, and replied, "I will do my best to mediate for Xia Kui with Brother Chen Sheng, but... Xia Kui also asks Xia Kui to understand that it may not work."

"When Chen Sheng gets angry, he is a stubborn person. He will do whatever he wants without considering the consequences."

"If the Heroic Leader cannot let him meet Boss Tian Guang, the plan will have to start again. I'm afraid..."

"I won't say much more. Please make your own decision, knight." After leaving a few words that were both polite and threatening, Zhu Jia said goodbye and left.

The Zhu family was worried that the end-of-year deadline set by Tian Yan was an excuse to delay.

What if the end of the year hasn't arrived yet, the plan has to be executed first, and the person hasn't been seen, should they continue to cooperate with "Tian Yan"?
In order to prevent this situation, the Zhu family could only leave a threat.

To be honest, he didn't have much confidence that this threat would work.

Empty words are often pale and powerless.

But this is the only prevention option he has right now.

After all, they were still too passive when facing 'Tian Yan'.

However, they were in the driver's seat in one regard - if 'Tian Yan' really went back on his word, the Zhu family would really give up cooperation and would persuade Chen Sheng to give up.

This was not an impulsive decision, but a well-considered one.

Zhu Jia, Chen Sheng and Wu Kuang were all confused about Tian Yan's delaying actions and what her purpose was.

It is precisely because of confusion that we care.

If 'Tian Yan' wanted to gain greater benefits, then they would not care so much.

Issues like distribution of benefits can be discussed, we can all discuss it!
Zhu Jia and Chen Sheng were also willing to make concessions, after all, it was for a greater and more important goal.

But operations that you don't understand will make you alert, cautious, and even worried.

The Zhu family couldn't guess what Tian Yan was thinking, so they chose not to play with her.

Anyway, the farmers were not to the point where they could not survive without rebellion, so the loss would not be too great if they gave up halfway - at least the loss to his Zhu family would not be too great.

It was nothing more than Liu Ji's mess, but he could come back anytime he wanted - Liu Ji was not completely expelled from the farming family for violating the rules, and the Zhu family could call him back in minutes by finding a reason.

Then Chen Sheng and Wu Kuang suffered a great loss, having worked hard for the empire for so long in vain.

But it's just a little bit of suffering. As for the actual loss... it's really nothing.

It is better to stop the loss in time than to be used as a gun by 'Tian Yan'.

They can suffer some losses and make some concessions in their cooperation with Tian Yan, but they cannot be cannon fodder for Tian Yan in ignorance.

Ah Yan didn't know that the Zhu family really wanted to break up at this time, but he didn't care even if he knew.

She had no intention of breaking her promise, she was just stalling for time.

………………

Beidishhang County, the county seat is Fuyao City, inside Han Fei's mansion.

"The people in Luo's net have been spread out in various counties in the Northland, and are tracking down all our actions in the past period of time."

In the conference room, Chen Ping, who had returned to work, sat at a long table and spoke to Han Fei who was sitting at the top.

Before he went to the north to be a troublemaker, he was mainly responsible for espionage work in Liusha. His level was similar to that of Mo Ya Bai Feng, maybe a little lower, but his main responsibilities were different.

But now it’s different - after a year of hard work in the north, the originally fair-skinned middle-aged handsome guy has become so rough, as if he had been a black miner for two and a half years, and all the exposed skin is prickly.

Having suffered so much and achieved enough results to prove his ability, Chen Ping's status naturally rose a lot.

Han Fei still let him be in charge of intelligence work, but his rank was directly promoted to the top leader, and he was directly responsible to Han Fei, the executive deputy leader of Liusha.

In theory, Mo Ya and Bai Feng should report all their future intelligence work to him first.

However, the internal organization of Liusha has always been relatively loose, and Mo Ya and Bai Feng have a lot of experience, so there won't be too many restrictions.

The first challenge Chen Ping faced after returning to work was the threat posed by Ying Zheng's northern tour.

"Luowang...did they find out anything?" Han Fei asked indifferently, sitting slackly.

Chen Ping didn't reply, but just smiled bitterly.

How is it possible that this cannot be found out?
The commotion that Liusha caused in the North before was extremely big.

Although we have tried our best to cover up this news, it is impossible to cover it up completely.

It could be kept secret when Ying Zheng was in Xianyang. Now that Ying Zheng has come to the north, Luowang's power can be spread openly in the north. How could it still be kept secret?

The only thing that can be discussed now is how long this can be kept secret, or how long the most critical information can be kept secret.

Han Fei smiled and said, "If you can't hide it, Brother Chen Ping, please spend more time and try to delay it."

"The emperor is only touring the north, not moving the capital. He will have to leave anyway."

"It's enough to keep things afloat until he leaves."

"I'm afraid it's not easy to fool them." Chen Ping shook his head seriously. "It's not just Luowang that's investigating the situation in the north. There's also a mysterious force hiding very deep. I only discovered it by luck."

"The other force...can you find out which family it belongs to?" Han Fei asked thoughtfully.

Chen Ping shook his head again, "I can't tell... or should I say they are hiding too deep, so I can't do anything about it for now."

"But I can't imagine any other force that can hide so deeply in the North and avoid our eyes."

The most powerful intelligence and assassin organization recognized by the world is Luowang.

But even the people from Luowang were almost running naked when they moved in the north, and Liusha saw everything.

Not to mention that not a single detail could be concealed, at least any major move would certainly be detected in time. However, the mysterious force acted so covertly that it almost fooled Chen Ping.

After hearing his words, Han Fei nodded in understanding, "It seems that he is the emperor's man - he is probably really worried about something happening in the north."

"The emperor's people? Aren't they still Luowang?" Chen Ping was confused after hearing this.

As we all know, the sharpest knife of the empire is the net.

The sword that suits the emperor best is the Luowang sword.

Is there anyone else?
"It should be someone from the Black Ice Platform." Han Fei tapped his fingers lightly on the table and answered Chen Ping casually.

"Why have I never heard of such an organization under the emperor?" Chen Ping became even more confused.

Not to mention now, even before he went north, he was one of the top five figures in the Liusha intelligence system.

He basically has the right to review all of Liusha's intelligence, especially those related to other intelligence organizations, for which he has the highest authority.

How could an organization he had never heard of suddenly appear?
"Do you think Ying Zheng will place all the channels for obtaining outside information on Luowang, or on Zhao Gao alone?" Han Fei asked with a smile.

"Then...why was there no news before?"

Chen Ping certainly understood that the emperor would not trust only one person, otherwise there would not be any secret guards.

The main point of his confusion now was why he had never heard of it before.

"The Black Ice Platform is a very special organization... maybe it shouldn't even be called an organization, it can only be regarded as a small group." Han Fei explained in detail, "They are very hidden. Even I don't know much about it, and even Gu Xun doesn't know much."

"According to his words, after all, this is a secret force that the emperor has secretly cultivated and relies on. It is better not to delve too much into it."

"We are not sure whether the name Black Ice Terrace is real or correct."

"But what is certain is that the Black Ice Platform has very limited manpower, but they are all absolutely elite."

"They are the only ones who could have almost hidden it from you in the North."

After hearing Han Fei's words, Chen Ping didn't know what to say for a moment.

First, he figured out that he was in big trouble.

Facing Luo Wang, it was easy for Han Fei to ask him to delay time as much as possible.

He is very familiar with Luowang and has plenty of ways to deal with the opponent.

But now the opponent has an inexplicable black ice platform... This is not a simple addition of numbers, but a completely unpredictable increase in difficulty.

The most feared thing in intelligence work is the unknown.

But he, and even the entire Quicksand, knew almost nothing about the Black Ice Platform.

How does he cope with this?

What made him most nervous was not the difficulty, after all, he was not a coward.

What made him nervous was the reason why Liusha knew nothing about the Black Ice Platform - the leader Gu Xun did it on purpose!

Just...just...if you really want to respect the emperor, please don't rebel, okay?
"Then how should I deal with the people from the Black Ice Platform?" Although he was very tired, Chen Ping could not show any unnaturalness and asked calmly.

This was done by Gu Xun, the leader of Liusha, the imperial master of the empire, and the teacher of the eldest prince.

If it were Han Fei, Chen Ping would dare to complain a little, which could be regarded as a quarrel between colleagues to promote friendship.

But as for Gu Xun, he could only pretend that he knew nothing.

Even though he knew that Gu Xun was actually a joker, Han Fei often made fun of Gu Xun.

But Han Fei is Han Fei, and Chen Ping is Chen Ping.

Others and Gu Xun are close friends who have shared life and death with each other, not blood brothers, but they are better than blood brothers. But he is not.

Han Fei replied nonchalantly, "Deal with them as you should."

"Giving them face requires not to provoke Liusha. Now that we are facing each other, we naturally don't have to hold back."

"But..." Han Fei changed the subject and said with a smile, "The people from Black Ice Terrace are not easy to deal with. Brother Chen Ping, do you have confidence?"

When talking about this topic, Chen Ping showed a confident smile, "You will know after you try it yourself."

Although he was very nervous about the sudden appearance of the Black Ice Platform, he was not really afraid of the other party.

"Then I'll have to trouble Brother Chen Ping."

Han Fei also had great confidence in Chen Ping.

The Black Ice Platform is indeed very powerful, and even Luowang cannot match it in terms of espionage, but the Black Ice Platform also has obvious shortcomings.

few people!

No matter how hard Ying Zheng tried, he could not cultivate an intelligence organization that was completely loyal to him, with an extremely high average level and comparable in scale to Luowang.

It is even impossible to reach the scale of the Shadow Secret Guard.

Therefore, Ying Zheng mainly relied on Luowang to obtain information. He would only send out the Black Ice Platform when he paid extra attention to certain things and Luowang could not give him satisfactory results, or when he simply did not trust Luowang.

When there are no missions, Heibingtai is responsible for monitoring the civil and military officials in Xianyang - their manpower can only cover the small area of ​​Xianyang.

This model of only investigating when there is a mission has great limitations for intelligence organizations.

Like the Rashomon incident that Luowang and Yingmiwei had caused at Daze Mountain.

The two sides each held their own opinions in front of Ying Zheng and accused each other of killing their colleagues.

In the end, the matter was settled.

In fact, Ying Zheng sent people from the Black Ice Platform to investigate the matter afterwards, but they did not come up with a clear answer.

This is because Zhao Gao deliberately muddied the waters, and those not involved can hardly explain the truth.

When Heibingtai investigated afterwards, they could only get a cursory investigation and could not tell who was lying.

Of course, it was not a complete failure. They still allowed Ying Zheng to judge that Luowang was more treacherous in this matter.

But... the facts no longer matter.

Luowang is at odds with Yingmiwei and Liusha, which is a good thing for Ying Zheng.

He could not punish Zhao Gao excessively for Luowang's plot against the Shadow Guards, unless there was evidence that Zhao Gao's behavior had completely crossed the line.

As I said before, the timeliness of intelligence is very important.

This is just one of the defects or weaknesses of Black Ice Platform due to staff shortage.

Han Fei believed that Chen Ping would be able to come up with a countermeasure against an opponent with obvious strengths and weaknesses.

………………

In September of the 36th year of Emperor Qin Shihuang's reign, the New Year (Zhuanxu calendar) was approaching, and winter was approaching with it.

Nearly three months had passed, and the empire was still peaceful, seemingly without any disturbance.

Even the farmers who were fighting among themselves became much quieter.

The North, where many forces were waiting to watch the fun, also seemed calm.